Be clear that using the word “gay” in a negative way is disrespectful.If you have been hearing the phrase “That’s gay” or “no homo,” take time during class to make sure that your students know what “gay” means and know why it is hurtful to use as a comment or put-down.If you have the time and opportunity to educate on the spot, do it.You can always go back to the student and say or do something else if you feel you did not respond well.With experience you will become more comfortable in handling it. Interrupting name-calling and harassment isn’t always easy. You may not know exactly what to say, but you must stop the harassment. Almost any response is better than ignoring the situation.Not speaking up teaches not only the student targeted, but also anyone within hearing range that they will not be protected from harassment.If other students do not see action, they get the message there is nothing wrong with it.Ignoring mean name-calling and hurtful teasing allows it to continue and possibly get worse.
Harassment does not go away on its own.“It doesn’t matter who said it, I don’t want to hear that kind of language again.These are hurtful words and can impact anyone who overhears them.” “Using the words ‘queer’, ‘dyke’ or ‘fag’ to joke around is not OK.“It is never OK to say, ‘you act like a girl (or look like a boy)’ as a put-down.”.“Even if you didn’t mean to offend people who are gay, it is offensive to call this assignment gay (or queer) if you don’t like something, then say you don’t like it!.“Using the word ‘homo’ to tease someone is harassment and is unacceptable.”.“You may not have meant to be hurtful, but when you use the word ‘gay’ to mean something is bad or stupid, it is hurtful.” Follow-up: “Do you know why it is hurtful?”.“It’s not OK at this school to use ‘gay’ disrespectfully to mean something is bad.”.“Remember, we don’t use put-downs in this class.”.Stop It … Keep it simple with quick responses:
NOT GAY MEMES PDF
Many of these celebrate queer films, television shows, and anime - like 2014 Brazilian independent film The Way He Looks.Download PDF Download PDF Spanish version
NOT GAY MEMES MOVIE
( Pirates of the Caribbean is a very good choice, in this writer’s humble opinion.)īut this scene - and the show’s wholesome relationship, more largely - has inspired numerous fans to share their own favorite queer ships from other shows and movies, with the caption “Actually, this was my Heartstopper.” It’s a fun way to remember on-screen relationships that moved viewers - and it also doubles as a neat dive into queer movie and television history.
Sometimes these viewings spurred that leap of faith from “I want to be them” to “Oh, I want to be with them.” This particular moment from Heartstopper has gone viral in the form of a tweet. It’s a particular rite of passage, for those who grew up watching television and movies feeling vaguely sexually confused. The most real thing ever been put in a show #heartstopper /fqSKILc1bI- best of pirates of the caribbean April 22, 2022
It’s told succinctly in four shots: a close of up Keira Knightley, then Orlando Bloom, a vaguely aggrieved reaction shot, and then a shot of Nick smoothly Googling “bisexual.” It’s just that hanging out with Charlie, his new best friend, makes him begin to wonder if that assumption is wrong.Ī number of yearning gazes, a smattering of delightful tropes - Charlie joins the rugby team for reasons that are entirely predictable - an “Am I gay?” internet quiz (he gets exactly 62%), and a smooch or two later, Nick has an epiphany during a fateful viewing of Pirates of the Caribbean. Nick is the classic golden retriever love interest he’s the star of the rugby team whose kindness makes him an outlier in his group of friends, and who always assumed he was straight. There’s Charlie, the anxious, gangly, curly-haired drummer with an iPhone background that fittingly reads “gay panic.” He is the only openly gay student at their all-boys secondary school.
NOT GAY MEMES SERIES
Based on Alice Oseman’s YA graphic novels, the eight-episode Netflix series is a coming-of-age queer romance that retains its optimism, even when tackling serious subject matter. Heartstopper tells a tender, rabbit-hearted story of secondary school classmates Charlie Spring (Joe Locke) and Nick Nelson (Kit Connor) falling for each other.